Talk:Balthazar's sword/@comment-3284606-20111109205440/@comment-3284606-20111112042151

Actually, Tasers work by shooting a long wire with two contact points on the end.

Also, really big electric sparks (more than an inch or so) are harder to generate than you might think. If you gear the blade's enchantment to emphasize current rather than potential, you'd wind up with a weapon that could generate crippling or deadly shocks but wouldn't be able to zap things that weren't touching the metal. It would actually be safer than Balthazar's sword.

I mean, household current can kill you easily, and yet you're willing bring your hand within inches of a power socket every time you want to use an appliance.